Health

Taking the coronavirus out of nowhere

[ad_1] John Burke, chief of the Sandwich, Massachusetts, Fire Department, with a device designed to detect airborne coronavirus particles. (Thermo Fisher Scientific via The New York Times) A decade ago, when firefighter John Burke earned his master’s degree in health care emergency management, he wrote his thesis on pandemic planning. …

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T1’s Kuku says ‘health problem’

[ad_1] South China morning post ‘We’re in this together,’ Antony Blinken tells NATO after wave of sanctions against China US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used his first official European pledge on Tuesday to discuss America’s renewed embrace of the transatlantic alliance, a day after Western nations engaged in a …

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50,000 Education Sector Employees Receive Covid-19 Vaccination Letters; over 80% have made appointments, health news, and featured stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 80 percent of staff at educational institutions that have been invited to receive the Covid-19 vaccine have made appointments to do so, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said. On March 10, nearly 50,000 letters were sent out in the first batch of invitations, encouraging educators to …

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46 workers lost hands and fingers in accidents last year, mainly due to unsafe use of machinery, Singapore News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Forty-six workers lost their hands or fingers in amputation accidents last year, mainly due to unsafe use of machinery. These injuries, which often have a lasting impact on workers’ lives and livelihoods, can be prevented, stressed the Minister of State for Manpower, Zaqy Mohamad, on Thursday (March …

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